A Scam Email with the Subject
"Message from eBay Member"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:13:29 -0700 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"eBay Member: bangups"<member@ebay.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
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NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.
return-path:
<member@ebay.com>
envelope-to:
scams@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:13:29 -0700
reply-to:
<UseTheYellowButton@ebay.com>
from:
"eBay Member: bangups"<member@ebay.com>
subject:
Message from eBay Member
date:
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:36:10 -0700
mime-version:
1.0
content-type:
text/html;charset="Windows-1251"
content-transfer-encoding:
7bit
message-id:
REIDs3x1204769442.M831362P22295V-S3X
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
If this message is an offer to sell an
item without winning it on the eBay Web site (including Second Chance Offers
sent through My Messages) please do not respond to the sender. These "outside of
eBay" transactions are unsafe and not covered by eBay purchase protection
programs.
Never pay for your eBay item through instant wire transfer
services such as Western Union or MoneyGram. These payment methods are unsafe when paying
someone you do not know.
Is this email inappropriate? Does it
violate eBay policy? Help protect the Community by reporting
it.
This email was sent to
an eBay Member
using eBay International AG. Your account is registered on wwwebay.com . As
outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information
about site changes and enhancements. If you would like to receive this email in
text format, change your notification preferences.
On the Contact Us
page, select the details of your enquiry and click the "Continue" button. Under
the heading Contact Support, click the "Email" link and you will be prompted to
fill out and send an email.
